Pouya Tarverdizade Asl
1, Sima Lakdizaji
1*, Akram Ghahramanian
2, Alehe Seyedrasooli
1, Somayeh Ghavipanjeh Rezaiy
31 Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
Abstract
Background: The quality of life of patients
undergoing hemodialysis is lower; to improve their living conditions, patients
need further training. This study conducted to compare the effectiveness of two
methods of text messaging and face to face education on knowledge and quality
of life of patients under hemodialysis.
Methods: In a semi-experimental
study, 60 patients undergoing hemodialysis in Sina-teaching hospital of
Tabriz, Iran were selected by convenience sampling and randomly allocated into
three groups: two intervention groups: text massaging (p=20), face to face
group (n=20) and one control group (n=20). Their knowledge and quality of life
were assessed and compared by Chronic Hemodialysis Knowledge Survey (CHeKS) and
Kidney Disease Quality of Life-short form (KDQOL-SF) questionnaires. Data were
analyzed by SPSS version 13.
Results: After
intervention, the knowledge of text messaging and face to face groups was
significantly more than the control group (p<0.001), but the quality of life
scores after intervention had not any significant difference among the three
groups (p=0.762). Intra-group comparisons showed that quality of life in face
to face group have been significantly increased (p=0.015).
Conclusion: Text messaging and face to face was effective on improving
knowledge of patients undergoing hemodialysis. However, the effectiveness of
these methods on quality of life needs further evaluations in different setting
for longer times in hemodialysis patients.